Post Award Grants Specialist

Corner Alliance • Washington, DC

18h • $70,000 - $90,000 • Remote

About The Position

Corner Alliance is a dynamic, growing consulting firm that devotes itself to providing an enriching employee experience while working in meaningful ways to create results for the government. We are currently seeking a Post Award Grants Specialist with 6+ years of professional experience to join our team and fully embrace our commitment to deliver, grow and thrive. About the Role: As a Post Award Grants Specialist, you will be trusted to provide Post Award administrative support for a large discretionary grant program. You will support our Federal government client in post-award grants administration, including records management, grant monitoring and close-out in compliance with a variety of Uniform Administrative Requirements; and other Federal, State, and local requirements. You will work with the Post Award Lead to provide administrative support to the government’s Federal Program Officers (FPOs) necessary for risk-based oversight and technical assistance program across multiple Notice Of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 6+ years of professional experience
• 2+ years of grants administration or project management experience
• Knowledge and experience with Federal or state grants management
• Microsoft Office Suite, specifically SharePoint
• Strong attention to detail and quality assurance
• Ability to be flexible and maintain professionalism while balancing multiple projects, deadlines, and supervisor and/or client direction/feedback
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team
• US citizenship and the ability to pass public trust clearance or suitability

Nice To Haves

• Monitoring and evaluation techniques
• Knowledge capture
• Grant monitoring
• Project management
• Understanding of the grants lifecycle, grants management, and Federal regulations

Responsibilities

• Assist FPOs preparing for quarterly conference calls, site visits, desk reviews, and close-out, in accordance with program SOPs.
• Provide support to FPOs in monitoring recipients' performance and oversight of grants.
• Support the FPO’s review of grant recipient compliance with program and federal regulations identified through ongoing monitoring of activities and issues and tracking progress, including support in SharePoint.
• Support FPOs in the initial review of semi-annual reports submitted by recipients to validate data consistency, identify missing or incomplete sections; collaborate with the Financial Assistance Agreements Management Office related to report review.
• Support FPOs in preparing materials to allow for drafting recommendations in response to audits (e.g., OIG, GAO) received during the period of performance.
• Work with the FPOs to develop internal and external management reports based on leadership requirements.
• Assist in creating and maintaining a central database in SharePoint that captures grant recipient information and key award information for multiple NOFOs.
• Support FPO in preparing for grantee orientations and project management conferences to communicate administrative requirements.
• Assist Post Award Grants Management Lead in developing/updating existing post-award program policies and guidance for grant recipients, including handbooks, fact sheets, and other compliance material across multiple NOFOs.
• Assist Post Award Grants Management Lead in developing/updating existing internal staff handbooks, procedures, and policies including guidance on program-level monitoring plans, risk assessment guides, site visit plans, and other procedural guides across multiple NOFOs.
• Provide program evaluation assistance by collecting evaluation data based on specific metrics to support curing of semi-annual reports and program impact, and inserting this data based on review with FPOs in collaboration with the Program Evaluator.
• Carry out our Commitments to Deliver, Grow, and Thrive.

Benefits

• Corner Alliance offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for full-time employees including 401k matching (4%), PTO (3 weeks to start, 4 weeks (2-5 years) and 5 weeks (5 years+)), health, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, FSA accounts, 4 weeks of paid parental leave, 11 paid holidays (including your birthday off), fitness & cell phone reimbursements, monthly all hands update meetings, annual in-person all hands team building day and evening out, regular check-ins for professional growth goals, semi-monthly one on one performance manager meetings, a social team that coordinates monthly events, use of technology like Slack to keep us connected and collaborative, and overall, a company culture dedicated to a highly engaged team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level